After fighting anti-Israel bias at Morningstar, Jewish groups focus on MSCI “We have zero tolerance for any anti-Israel bias,” Ari Hoffnung, managing director of JLens and a senior ADL adviser, told JNS. Mike Wagenheim Jan. 9, 2025
MSCI seems to remove anti-Israel ratings of Motorola, Caterpillar “If states like Florida, New Jersey or New York now open their own investigations, the remaining BDS controversies would magically disappear soon too,” Richard Goldberg, of FDD, told JNS. Mike Wagenheim Jan. 2, 2025
Israel to adopt Monday-to-Friday stock trading in 2026 Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday he would approve Monday-to-Friday trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. JNS Staff Dec. 31, 2024
MSCI accused of using site tied to Gaza hostage-holder to penalize companies doing business with Israel A source told JNS that the investment advisory firm cited the “Palestine Chronicle” to give a “severe” controversy score to Caterpillar. Mike Wagenheim Sept. 10, 2024
Montana ‘going to get some answers’ on firm’s alleged anti-Israel practices “This one means a lot to me personally,” Austin Knudsen, the state’s attorney general, told JNS about the accusation that MSCI penalizes Israeli banks that operate in Judea and Samaria. Mike Wagenheim Sept. 3, 2024
Already under multi-state probe, MSCI allegedly penalizes Israeli banks that operate in Judea, Samaria “This is BDS. No doubt about it,” Richard Goldberg, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS. Mike Wagenheim Aug. 26, 2024
JNS story spurs multistate probe of investment firm’s possible anti-Israel actions In a letter to MSCI, 18 state attorneys general refer twice to JNS reporting on the firm’s environmental, social and corporate governance ratings. Mike Wagenheim March 29, 2024
Florida reviewing major finance firm that punishes Elbit for protecting Israelis A JNS investigation found that MSCI assigns damaging investment ratings based on anti-Israel, pro-BDS sources. Mike Wagenheim March 18, 2024
Disappointing investors, MSCI excludes Israel from European index Morgan Stanley Capital International cited Israel’s Sunday-to-Thursday trading schedule as the reason for retaining its Middle East classification. Sonia Gorodeisky March 2, 2022
